Have you guys ever had too many videogames you wanted to play? I'm too much of a completionist to abandon most titles I like halfway through, and I don't have that much free time (rigorous engineering curriculum). As such, I've been buying new games faster than I can play them, having a backlog of titles for over a year now. Anyone else have this problem?

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I had this problem when I was young - way too many Gamecube games. Stil haven't finished Mario Tennis because it's a pain to play.

But well, I got disinterested in video games somewhat. The only games I play most of the time are Leafgreen (passed it to my friend) and Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team (passed too). But I have to finish zelda master quest.

Nearly all of these games I've not beaten to my liking - I've beaten SMB1-3, for example, but only if I used Warp Zone or in remakes that had save files. Many, like Chrono Trigger, Legend of Zelda or the later Metroid Prime games, I've not played at all. A few, like Wave Race 64, Luigi's Mansion or X-Men Legends, I just want to replay.

I started Legend of Zelda with my friend a few weeks ago, gonna finish it this weekend. Then we'll do Zelda II.For me alone, I started Flatout2. Maybe I'll try doing e-Racer, this racing game is 100% impossible. o_OI also plan to maybe finish Monster House on Gamecube, prolly the only good movie game lol.Then... Metroid Prime maybe?

That is the only game I started that I didn't finish and also care about finishing. Come to think of it, I think it's the only game I haven't really finished. Well, except Mega Man Star Force 1, but I really don't care about that very much.

Though I care about Star Force more than Zelda 1, so... I guess, in the end, I have a very small number left unfinished and I really don't care at all about them.

Unfortunately even though I'm playing a ton of games, my backlog continues to grow and grow forever. In the last year, besides the games I listed in my last post, I started and finished Skullgirls, Mario Golf GB and 64, Fire Emblem 1, The Legend of Zelda 1, Kid Icarus, Kirby's Adventure and now I'm working on Mother 1/Earthbound Zero, and tried a bunch of others for a little while. Current backlog though:

NES: Castlevania 1-3 - started playing this in 2009, and got pretty far in 1, but I never beat it. I know Krisp and DatVu want me to play this soon.Donkey Kong 1, Jr., Jr. Math, 3 - beat the arcade version of DK... plus, don't really know how much attention to give these because they're arcade-style games with no real end point.Dr. Mario - I've beaten it, but I'm trying to revisit all of the Smash franchises.Duck Hunt - I need the Wii U Virtual Console version in my life yesterday.Excitebike - forgot this existed until I revisted my Animal Crossing file last year. Like it and want to play it more.Fire Emblem Gaiden (2) - FE1 was cool but I'm really waiting to see FE on a more advanced system.Ice Climber - played this back in 2003-ish; the controls and physics suck, and if there is an ending to it, I doubt I'll get there.Mach Rider - looks kind of interesting and I'm curious about Mach Rider being prototype SamusMappy-Land - I rented this game all the time as a kid but obviously never beat it. If there is a definitive ending.Mario Bros. - pretty sure this has no conclusion and I'm not a huge fan of it in general, so I'll probably play it a couple of times after DK3 and move on.M.C. Kids - rented and liked a lot as a kid. I tried playing it for five minutes as an adult and rolled my eyes at how much of a SMB ripoff it was.Mega Man 1 2-6 - um, don't know how far I'll get with these. One of the few Smash franchises I've left untouched thusfar. (Beat MM1)Mendel Palace/Quinty - AKA one of GameFreak's games that isn't Pokemon. Played it for a few minutes last year and liked it.Metal Gear 1 - see Mega Man. I played the first MM and MG games for about ten minutes a decade ago.Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! - one of the few NES games I owned in both real-life and Animal Crossing. Never beat it.Mother - at the suggestion of FireStarter (I'm currently playing this).Nobunaga's Ambition - played this one a lot on virtualnes to prep for Pokemon Conquest two years ago. Never beat it.Pac-Mania - another nostalgic childhood game. Never beat it/probably doesn't have a conclusion.Romance of the Three Kingdoms - the turn-based strategy version of Dynasty Warriors. Will probably play one game of it and lose interest because no girls.Super Mario Bros. 2 USA - beat the GBA remake but that has save files so screw that. Got to world 6ish with Peach a few years back.Super Mario Bros. 2 JP - will probably ragequit it and/or play with save states or the All-Stars version.Super Mario Bros. 3 - nope, I'm pretty sure I've never beaten this. If I have, I used save states or Game Genie so it's on the list.Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland - another game I played a lot as a kid that I wonder if I'd have the patience for as an adult.Wrecking Crew - yet another step in the evolution of Mario to document.Zelda II: Link's Adventure - don't know if I'll like this. These days most people tend to crap on it, but I want to see for myself...

GAME BOY: Donkey Kong - the Arcade and NES versions of this are super lame but 96 extra levels in this version piques my interest.Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters - if it's anything like the NES game, I'll hate it.Kirby's Dream Land 1-2 - should have played Dream Land before Adventure anyway, but...Metroid II: Return of Samus - need to fill this gap since I've beaten NES and Super.Super Mario Land 1-3 - only played, but never beat, the first one, but I need to revisit the birth of HI I'M DAISY!!!

SNES:Breath of Fire 1 - started this last year after finishing BOF2 and stopped. Kind of clunky. Might want to finish though.Chrono Trigger - is probably the most popular SNES game that I've never even started.Donkey Kong Country 1-3: wasn't never too big on these as a kid BUT I'm eager to replay them. Dixie Kongage <3Earthbound - started playing this in 2009 and quit. Didn't get it. Since I'm playing Mother 1 right now and liking it, it gets another chance.F-Zero - played this a little bit this year and then quickly moved onto F-Zero X which is much, much better.Fire Emblem 3-6 - really interested to see FE on the SNES since every other NES franchise got God Tier there.Kirby's Dream Course - fun spinoff game <3 Never beat it though.Kirby Super Star - never got 100% in this one, either.Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past - I expect to like this one after enjoying the NES version.Star Fox 1 and 2 - never really got into Star Fox until 64, but SF2 has some girl pilots I need to try using.Super Mario Kart - beat it last year but used save states. Again, weak. Super Punch-Out!! - never played this one, either, and only read about how much the opponents suck compared to the NES ones.Tetris Attack - because some day I hope to be nominal at all of the Panel de Pon reskins.

N64:Donkey Kong 64 - only got to play this when I was in the hospital for a week back in 2003. Want to play it again/finish it.F-Zero X - SUPER fun but also really hard. I'm kind of playing this one right now though.Fighters Destiny 1-2 - played the original as a kid and revisited both while trying out fighting games last yearKirby 64 - because I "borrowed" my boyfriend's copy of it.Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - tried playing this when I was 20 and hated it, but was still in anti-Zelda fanboy mode. Good luck to me finding this game easily (as a general rule, I say screw remakes).Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - this eventually, too.Mario Party 1-3 - I want to revisit the entire series.Pokemon Snap - never got that damn 8000-point Pikachu photo. ;_;Yoshi's Story - to see if it's as mediocre as I remember it being.

GBA:Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - hated this as a teen but since the battle system is like FE, and my boyfriend has it, I want to try it again.Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga - started this as a teen and never finished it (emulating it on a keyboard kind of sucked but I liked the game).Mario Golf: Advance Tour - so I can link up with Toadstool Tour lol :3Mario Kart Super Circuit - worst Mario Kart game ever but I want to be familiar with the tracks and TRY to finish it. I started playing it last year and still didn't like it. That ranking system is awful.Mario Tennis: Power Tour - all I had left to do was max my mini-game stats, and I wasn't feeling it. Probably won't do it. The lack of connectivity to Power Tennis is lame too.Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission - because EP keeps nagging me to play Zero Mission.

GAMECUBE: F-Zero GX - everyone raves about this game and since I'm a fan of X now...Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - thankfully my boo actually owns this or else I wouldn't spend $80 to buy it.Luigi's Mansion - beat it once, 13 years ago, and need to revisit it.Mario Party 4-7 - want to revisit the entire series.Mario Power Tennis - only rented once as a teen and never finished it.Metroid Prime - own it but was too scared to play it much as a teen (lol).Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - never owned it and still don't, but once I play Prime 1...Star Fox Adventures - got about halfway through this as a teen and never finished.Star Fox Assault - hopefully it won't be as horrible as I remember it being. (I did finish it though.)Super Monkey Ball 1-2 - only rented the first one a couple of times...Wave Race: Blue Storm - never finished Expert mode because it was too hard.

NINTENDO DS: Mario Kart DS - need to get familiar with the tracks, finish Mission Mode, etc. Didn't really hold me that much a decade ago.Metroid Prime: HuntersNew Super Mario Bros. - own it but never finished it. I never liked it as much as everyone else seemed to like it.Phoenix Wright: Justice for All - got about halfway through this one and never picked it up again.Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations - don't own it but I plan on finishing the original trilogy some day.Pokemon Conquest - I only had about five of the individual character stories left to finish up.Star Fox Command - picked this up last year but want to finish the other SF games first.Super Princess Peach - there's really no excuse for not my completing my queen's starring title. ;_;

NINTENDO WII:Animal Crossing: City Folk, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Mario Kart Wii, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Metroid: Other M, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Okami, Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Super Paper Mario, Xenoblade Chronicles - I basically skipped the Wii when it was popular and if I own any of these (I don't own all of them), it's only because I bought them used after the fact and still have yet to play any of them.

NINTENDO 3DS: Animal Crossing: New Leaf - everyone seems to really like this one, and I own it, but AC is a massive time sink and I never liked the sequels as much as the original. Fire Emblem Awakening - I own this but need to finish the earlier games first (see you in 2027).Kid Icarus: Uprising - is apparently really good, but out of print/realy expensive and I was really put off by the original game. Mario Kart 7 - looks fun, don't own it. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire - lol jk I'm never going to play this.Pokemon Battle Trozei - I want to try this after playing Shuffle.Pokemon Shuffle - I'm keeping up with this as new things are released.Super Mario 3D Land - looks fun, don't own it.

STEAM/PC:Minecraft/League of Legends - file these under "I only care about these if my boyfriend is obsessed with them momentarily" and he's not with either at the moment.Shatter - because TK made it!Starcraft/Warcraft 3 - because TK keeps pestering me to finish them!Vanguard Princess - because WTF is this and why did I buy it during a Steam sale?!

PLAYSTATION 1, 2 OR 3:Dynasty Warriors 8 - my boyfriend and I got the PS3 copy so we could actually play this and he never wants to play it now. >:OFinal Fantasy XII - see Pokemon Alpha Sapphire.Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks - one of the few MK games I've skipped.Samurai Shodown Anthology - thought it was an interesting series but didn't play it much.X-Men Legends 1 and 2 - beat the first one but never played the second.

XBOX 360:Borderlands - something I bought pre-owned from work because Krisp and Rhaps recommended it.Dead or Alive 5 - bought it but couldn't play it because my 360 was breaking. Never came back to it once I replaced the 360.Doom 3 BFG Edition - I finished Doom 1 on Xbox Live a few years ago but never beat 2 without cheats, or played 3.Final Fantasy XIII - lol yeah right.Grand Theft Auto IV and V - one of these years I might actually finish IV so I can play V. Halo 3, Anniversary, Reach, Wars and 4 - my boyfriend and I were doing a Halo marathon last year that we never finished. We still have these to do. I've never played the ones between 3 and 4, and only played about half of 4 once because it sucked.Mortal Kombat X - pre-ordered it.Street Fighter X Tekken and Ultra Street Fighter IV - although it's not the same without having R_R to fight on Xbox Live. ;_;

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